The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane: A Quick Sweet Story


The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane is a book about Edward Tulane, a self-absorbed china rabbit who would be extremely offended if you called him a bunny.


Edward’s owner, a girl named Abilene, loves him and dresses him every morning. It was Abilene’s grandmother, Pellegrina, who had him made and ordered all his fancy clothes.


Near the beginning of the book, when Ablilene’s family has decided they will go to London on a ship called the Queen Mary, Pellegrina tells Abilene and Edward a story. It’s about a princess who doesn't care about anyone but herself and gets turned into a warthog and eaten. While Pellegrina is telling the story, she looks at Edward, and at the end of it, she whispers to him, “You disappoint me.” Edward just thinks the story was stupid and pointless.


The Tulane family packs up and gets on the ship to London. *SPOILER* On the ship, two boys take Edward and toss him around and he gets thrown overboard.


Edward gets passed around from place to place over many years, and learns to be less proud and more grateful and loving, through the people he meets and the hard situations he’s in.


I thought this was a sad but sweet story. It was well written, and I enjoyed hearing Edward’s voice change from proud to kind and thankful to the people he’d known, even while feeling lonely moving from owner to owner. I really liked the ending of the book because it connected all the people and places he had been together in a very satisfying way. 


If you ever want to read a heartwarming short story (it only took me about 1.5 hours to read) I would definitely recommend this book.

-Janny

Comments

  1. Eleni DeltasOctober 15, 2025 at 11:05 AM

    I really like this blog! It shows the character development of the rabbit throughout the story without sharing too many details. It seems like a sweet story!

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  2. ArshiaOctober 15, 2025 at 1:07 PM

    This story sounds really sweet! Great blog post!

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